Love from the Herb Garden
You can get a whole lot of love out of a Perennial Herb Garden. Even if you don’t have a yard, you can grow herbs in a container pot on the deck or front steps. For mine, I don’t mess with the delicate ones like basil & cilantro. I grow hardy perennials… french thyme, lemon thyme, sage, oregano, rosemary & mint. (They’re not going to die off if you go away for a week.) And, they’re handy to have for so many recipes. I stuck a few snap dragons in my herb garden as well just for color. (Don’t eat the snap dragons, we’re just talking flowers here.)
my perennial herb garden
My latest crowd-pleaser from the garden is a goat cheese & herb paté. It’s so easy to make and puts your herbs to good use! Soon, I plan to make a herbed olive oil as well. Stay tuned.
NOTE: I let one of my sage plants flower (the tall purple spikes). But, when you let an herb flower, the flavor of the leaves goes bitter and funky. So, I like to keep one sage plant for eating and let the other one flower for show. To stop an herb from flowering, just pinch off the flower buds as soon as you see them developing.
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